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Barbara Belasyse, in religion Mary Magdalen.
Born: 1718 in Winchester, Hants.
Died: 23 Feb 1785 in Pontoise, aged 67.

father: Rowland Belasyse of Winchester, Hants
mother: Frances Roper of Lynsted, Kent

Benedictines, Pontoise choir nun.
She was clothed 5 Oct 1746.

She professed 10 Jul 1747.

Prioress until 1742

She was the sister of Mary Bellasyse, Anne Belasyse.
She was the aunt of Barbara Belasyse.
She was the cousin of Anne Stonor, Anne Mary Howard, Mary Sheldon, Catherine Sheldon.
She was the niece of Mary Bellasyse, Anne Belasyse, Mary Roper, Philadelphia Roper.

Sources: VO 68H10; Pontoise ob 68H4: 193; VO G151 Examinations.

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Family tree (Roper, barons Teynham)